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Corsica Linea signs a contract with Stena RoRo for E-Flexer

jan 08 2024

FerryA contract has been signed between Corsica Linea and Stena RoRo for a new LNG-powered E-Flexer. This 13th E-Flexer will enter service in March 2026 for ...

BIRKA STOCKHOLM has been renamed BIRKA GOTLAND © Jukka Huotari

Trident BMC to equip BIRKA GOTLAND with shore power

jan 05 2024

Trident BMC will equip Gotlandsbolaget’s and Viking Line’s BIRKA GOTLAND with Shore Power. The High Voltage Shore Connection HVSC on BIRKA GOTLAND is designed for 3,700kVA of power and ad...

GNV POLARIS © GSI

GSI Shipyard launched GNV POLARIS

jan 05 2024

FerryGSI Shipyard launched the first of GNV’s new ro-paxes. Named GNV POLARIS, it will become 218-metres long and have a capacity for 1,500 passengers and 3,...

MOBY VINCI © Frank Lose

MSC Group bought MOBY SHARDEN and MOBY VINCI

jan 05 2024

FerryShipping Italy reports that the two sisters MOBY SHARDEN and MOBY VINCI have been bought by the MSC Group, for service by GNV. The price for the pair is...

PRIDE OF CANTERBURY © Frank Lose

PRIDE OF CANTERBURY sold for recycling

jan 05 2024

FerryP&O’s 1991-built PRIDE OF CANTERBURY has been sold for recycling in Aliaga, Turkey.

VIKING GLORY © George Giannakis

4.9 million passengers travelled with Viking Line in 2023

jan 04 2024

FerryA total of 4,897,494 (4,945,564) passengers sailed on Viking Line’s vessels in 2023. During the period June-August, there were nearly 1.8 million passen...

Karin Orsel and Mikki Koskinen

Karin Orsel takes the helm as ECSA President, with Mikki Koskinen appointed Vice-President

jan 04 2024

Karin Orsel has been appointed the first female President ever in the history of ECSA, starting on 1 January 2024 for a two-year term, with Mikki Koskinen joining as the new Vice-Presiden...

SUPERSPEED 1 © Anders Martinsen

Bunker One and Color Line collaborate on switch to biofuel

jan 04 2024

FerryFor almost one month, Bunker One has supplied B100 biofuel to Color Line’s SUPERSPEED 1 and 2 ferries travelling between Hirtshals in Denmark and Larvik...

CADENA 4 © Frank Lose

CADENA 4 sold to the Spanish MoD

jan 04 2024

Ro-roCLdN has sold its CADENA 4 to the Spanish MoD, who have renamed it EL CAMINO ESPANOL. CADENA 4 was chartered to Baleària & Fred. Olsen Express for se...

MYSTAR © George Giannakis

Tallink Grupp publishes 2023 December and Q4 passenger and cargo statistics

jan 03 2024

FerryTallink Grupp has published its 2023 Q4 and December passenger and cargo statistics, which reveal a total annual 4.5% increase year-on-year in passenger...

Wuchang Shipbuilding to build three wind-assisted ro-ro vessels for Louis Dreyfus Armateurs

jan 03 2024

Ro-roThe order for three new 170-metre ro-ro vessels, supported by wind-assisted rotor sails and powered by dual-fuel engines capable of running on maritime d...

Maersk launches new weekly ro-ro service to the Port of Tunis Rades

jan 02 2024

Ro-roMaersk announced a new transport solution connecting the growing Tunisian market to its mainliner services to and from Europe, Middle East and Asia. The ...

Norled secured a contract for the Haugesund-Utsira route

dec 29 2023

FerryNorled secured a contract for a route between mainland Haugesund and the small island of Utsira. The contract starts 1 May 2025, and stretches for 20 ye...

© Arab Bridge Maritime

Arab Bridge Maritime Co to start new Jordan - Egypt sea and land bridge service

dec 29 2023

Just before Christmas, Amman-based Arab Bridge Maritime Co’s (ABMC) general manager, Adnan Al-Abadleh, announced that the company is to start a new sea and land bridge service between the...

KALLISTE © La Méridionale

La Méridionale opens a new regular line between L’Ile-Rousse and Toulon

dec 27 2023

FerryAs of 6 April 2024, La Méridionale is opening a new regular line with KALLISTE between mainland Toulon and L’Ile-Rousse, Corsica. Three rotations per we...

AMERICAN MELODY © American Cruise Lines

Five ships under construction for American Cruise Lines

dec 27 2023

CruiseAmerican Cruise Lines announced that it currently has five more new ships under construction, all scheduled for delivery over the next two years. These...

Japan-based Ryobi Holdings to build a new cruise ship in Portugal

dec 26 2023

CruiseRyobi Holdings, an Okayama-based transport company under Ryobi Holdings Group entered into an engagement on 20 December 2023, with the Portuguese shipb...

RUSADIR © Balearia

Baleària exercise option to buy RUSADIR

dec 22 2023

FerryBaleària announced that they exercised an option to buy the LNG ro-pax RUSADIR, which has been chartered by them from Siem Industries since April this y...

BOTNIA SEAWAYS © George Holland

DFDS to close down its Calais - Tilbury service

dec 22 2023

Ro-roDFDS’ service between Calais and Tilbury will cease with effect from 1 January 2024, citing operational difficulties and a challenging market development...

Norled to build three new battery-hybrid ferries after winning tenders

dec 22 2023

FerryNorled won the tender for the ferry connections Stokkvågen-Lovund and Stokkvågen-Træna with intermediate locations after delivering a concept that cuts ...

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